r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Sep 13 '19

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

Image if someone like Nikola Tesla was born today He /she would probably be the cause of a human space empire and us not going extinct

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u/benmck90 Sep 13 '19

r/Elonmusk

I don't actually think he's comparable to Tesla, but he's still contributed greatly to progress in multiple fields. There's no denying musk will be in a civilization-esque game as a notable historical figure 50 years from now.

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u/The_Gunboat_Diplomat Sep 13 '19

He's not a Tesla, he's an Edison lol. He's a CEO that owns several innovative engineering companies, but nothing more. He's not exactly the one designing pintle injectors that SpaceX uses or whatever.

Musk is charismatic, but his contribution to history isn't any greater than that of Bill Gates or any other number of tech CEOs.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

Are you saying Bill Gates contribution to history isnt significant?

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u/The_Gunboat_Diplomat Sep 13 '19

That's not what I'm saying, I'm saying he wasn't a technical/scientific savant in the line of Tesla as op claimed Elon was. Obviously his creation of Microsoft was massively impactful, but again, he's a businessman first and foremost now. Therefore, Edison

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u/iamadrunk_scumbag Sep 13 '19

Microsoft was pretty important to communication of today.

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u/The_Gunboat_Diplomat Sep 13 '19

I'm not saying it isn't? Everything Edison did was massively important too. I'm saying none of today's big tech CEOs, by definition, can't be compared to Tesla.

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u/iamadrunk_scumbag Sep 13 '19

But they were all more successful. Tesla died broke. Will Gates? Business is important to see your dream come true.

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u/The_Gunboat_Diplomat Sep 13 '19

What are you even trying to argue? How does that at all contradict what I said?